Hitoshi Motoshima
Hitoshi Motoshima | |
|---|---|
本島 等 | |
| Mayor of Nagasaki | |
| In office 2 May 1979 – 1 May 1995 | |
| Preceded by | Yoshitake Morotani |
| Succeeded by | Iccho Itoh |
| Member of the Nagasaki Prefectural Assembly | |
| In office 1959–1979 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 February 1922 |
| Died | 31 October 2014 (aged 92) Nagasaki, Japan |
| Party | Liberal Democratic |
| Alma mater | Kyoto University |
| Occupation | Teacher |
Hitoshi Motoshima (本島 等, Motoshima Hitoshi; 20 February 1922 – 31 October 2014) was a Japanese politician. He served four terms as mayor of Nagasaki from 1979 to 1995. He publicly made controversial statements about the responsibility of Japan and its then-reigning Emperor for World War II, and survived a retaliatory assassination attempt in 1990 by a right wing fanatic. His mayoral successor, Iccho Itoh, was killed in an unrelated assassination in 2007.